Traffic bollard

ABSTRACT

“TRAFFIC BOLLARD”, which is used to delimit a pedestrian or vehicle track being fixed to the surface of the floor (P) by screws. The traffic bollard herein mentioned includes a base portion ( 3 ) with a preferably round contour of which a tubular portion ( 4 ) of preferably round cross-section heads upstream; the monoblock body ( 2 ) is hollow from its base and through all the inner portion of its tubular section ( 4 ); the base ( 3 ) has a conical log configuration being crossed by vertical holes ( 5 ); the outer surface of the tubular portion ( 4 ) includes strips in relative low relief ( 7 ) that houses bands ( 8 ) of reflective material ( 9 ), said bands being attached along the strips in relative low relief ( 7 ).

This specification relates to a patent application of Utility Model thatforesees an innovation in traffic bollard, of the type that is intendedto be used as a mean of demarcation or delimitation of pedestrian and/orvehicle tracks in both indoor and outdoor environments.

The state of the art comprises a wide range of elements intended to beused to demarcate or delimit tracks for pedestrians and/or vehicles,being very common, generally, in parking lots and passages and even as amean of organizing queues.

Current traffic bollards are usually configured as relatively expensivemanufacturing parts produced in expensive processes and for that reasonare not used in a large scale.

In light of the aforementioned state of the art, the present trafficbollard model was developed, which presents a simple, low-cost structurethat can be manufactured in a large scale, being for that reason afeasible alternative to conventional traffic bollards.

The traffic bollard herein mentioned can be generally made of plasticorigin material or the like, either by employing injection, molding, orany other suitable process.

The traffic bollard, object of this patent application of Utility Model,might be known in each of its features through the detailed descriptionobtained from the drawings related below, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the traffic bollard modelherein mentioned;

FIG. 2 illustrates a cross-section view of the traffic bollard from theFIG. 1, such as indicated by the “A”-“A” cut line, considering that anamplified detail is originated from the aforementioned FIG. 2, which istaken from the traffic bollard base; and

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective, schematic view that demonstrates theuse of a certain number of samples of the traffic bollard hereinmentioned, being used to define a track over an area.

According to the illustrated on the Figures mentioned above, the modelof traffic bollard object of this patent application of Utility Modeland generally indicated by the numerical reference 1, includes amonoblock body 2 made of plastic origin material or the like.

The monoblock body 2 is defined by a base portion 3 with a preferablyround contour of which a tubular portion 4 of preferably roundcross-section heads upstream.

Essentially, the monoblock body 2 is hollow from its base and throughall the inner portion of its tubular section 4.

The base portion 3 has a conical log configuration, being crossed byvertical holes 5 intended to receive and be pierced by clampingscrews/bushings 6 that are used to provide the fixing of the trafficbollard 1 over the surface of the floor P.

The outer surface of the tubular portion 4 includes strips in relativelow relief 7 that houses bands 8 of reflective material 9, said bandsbeing attached along the strips in relative low relief 7.

The traffic bollard herein mentioned is a low-cost feature, which can bemanufactured on a large scale and, due to that, presents a completepossibility of being used replacing traffic bollards from the state ofthe art. It is moreover worth underlining that the traffic bollardproposed can be made of materials with elastic features, being resistantto impacts and, due to that reason, returning to its original shapeafter an eventual impact.

1. (canceled)
 2. A traffic bollard, the traffic bollard comprising: abody comprising: a base; and an upright extension, wherein, the basecomprises a planar bottom surface and a sloped upper surface, the slopedupper surface, the base having a first thickness between the upper andlower surface at an outer perimeter of the base, the upper surfaceextending inwardly and upwardly to an intersection with the uprightextension, the base and the upright extension formed of a single pieceof plastic, the upright extension having a top surface which is the topsurface of the traffic bollard, the base further comprising a series ofholes extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, the seriesof holes arranged around the base between the outer perimeter and theintersection of the base with the upright extension, each of the seriesof holes configured to receive a screw or a bushing which is configuredto attach the traffic bollard to a surface with the upright extension inan upright position, the base and the extension being hollow and formingan open central portion, and the extension having a closed top.
 3. Thetraffic bollard of claim 2, wherein the upright extension furthercomprises at least one recessed groove around a perimeter of the uprightextension, the at least one recessed groove configured to contain areflective material.
 4. The traffic bollard of claim 2, wherein theupright extension further comprises a recess in the top surface.
 5. thetraffic bollard of claim 2, further comprising a thickened portionlocated at the intersection of the base and the upright extension. 6.The traffic bollard of claim 2, wherein the hollow central portion formsan opening in the base.
 7. The traffic bollard of claim 2, wherein theupright extension has a circular cross-section.
 8. The traffic bollardof claim 2, wherein the base has a circular cross-section.